The Fremont Valley is a
valley
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...
located in the western
Mojave Desert
The Mojave Desert (; ; ) is a desert in the rain shadow of the southern Sierra Nevada mountains and Transverse Ranges in the Southwestern United States. Named for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous Mohave people, it is located pr ...
of
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
.
It stretches from the town of
Mojave approximately 70 km northeast to the
foothill
Foothills or piedmont are geographically defined as gradual increases in elevation at the base of a mountain range, higher hill range or an upland area. They are a transition zone between plains and low relief hills and the adjacent topograp ...
s of the
Lava Mountains and
Summit Range.
The valley is home to
Koehn Dry Lake and the
Desert Tortoise Natural Area, as well as the communities of
California City
California City is a city located in northern Antelope Valley in Kern County, California, United States. It is north of the city of Los Angeles, and the population was 14,973 at the 2020 census. Covering , California City has the third-larg ...
and
Cantil, California.
The
Rand Mountains
The Rand Mountains are located in the Mojave Desert northeast of California City and southwest of the town of Randsburg.
History
The mountains were the location of the Rand Mining District, with the mining towns of Randsburg, Red Mountain, and ...
are at the eastern edge of the Fremont Valley. The southern
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada ( ) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primari ...
make up the western border and the
Tehachapi Mountains
The Tehachapi Mountains (; Kawaiisu: ''Tihachipia'', meaning "hard climb") are a mountain range in the Transverse Ranges system of California in the Western United States. The range extends for approximately in southern Kern County and northwe ...
border the valley from the southwest.
See also
*
Valleys of the Mojave Desert
References
*California Road and Recreation Atlas, 2005, pp. 94 & 95
Valleys of the Mojave Desert
Valleys of Kern County, California
Valleys of California
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